The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported to Congress in December 2024 on failures of the Department of Defense (DOD) and other agencies in initiating and monitoring Reciprocal Defense Procurement (RDP) Agreements. The GAO prepared its report
President Biden extended his ‘Buy America’ policies to research and development (R&D) funded by the federal government in an “invent it here, make it here” executive order. It sets out the administration’s policy that when new
ITEM OF NOTE For the first time, President Trump has rejected a Commerce Department finding that imports threaten to impair the national security of the United States. This post highlights the president’s July 12 determination that uranium imports
In March, the Department of Commerce launched an investigation into whether the quantity or circumstances of titanium sponge imports into the United States threaten to impair the national security. It was prompted by a petition, filed by Titanium Metals
This post initiates a new series that will provide periodic insights into Buy American issues, issues that are becoming increasingly prominent in the trade debate under the Trump Administration. American Pipelines: To comply with the